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By definition amplitude is simply the maximum distance from the zero or neutral position of the wave. NOTE: As a distance, amplitude is an absolute value, there will be no negative amplitudes.

EX: A simple sine wave might have the form y = A sin(theta(x)) where theta(x) = 0 to 360 deg at x and y is the YY axis displacement of a wave along the XX axis. A is the amplitude. As you can see when theta = 90 and 270 degrees, y = A and - A. The absolute y value can't get any bigger than A so that's the maximum absolute value. So the amplitude is reached at those angles.

Amplitude is an important factor in wave related physics. For example, it can be shown that the energy contained in a wave is proportional to the square of its amplitude. And that makes sense as the bigger the wave (the bigger amplitude) the more energy it would contain is intuitively logical.

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